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Stitch Payment Gateway for WooCommerce

Accept Stitch payments on WooCommerce with the free PaymentHood plugin. Install in minutes, no gateway code.

WooCommerce · South Africa

Accept Stitch
payments on WooCommerce

Install the free PaymentHood plugin for WooCommerce, connect your Stitch account, and Stitch appears as a payment option at checkout. No custom gateway code, and no second integration when you add another provider later.

  • ZAR
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WooCommerce 6.0+
6 payment methods
Free plugin
WooCommerce
Stitch
Platform
WooCommerce 6.0+
Provider
Stitch
Install via
Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
Billing
One-time
PaymentHood fee
None
Compatibility

Stitch on WooCommerce at a glance

WooCommerce version
WooCommerce 6.0+
Where you install it
WordPress admin → Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin
Coverage
  • South Africa
Currencies
  • ZAR
Billing models
One-time checkout payments. Recurring billing is not supported by the WooCommerce plugin yet.
Cost
The plugin is free and open source. You pay Stitch's own fees, published on their pricing page. PaymentHood adds nothing on top.

Coverage, currencies and payment methods as published by Stitch, who set and update them. For the current list see Stitch's own site.

Payment methods

What WooCommerce customers can pay with

Each method Stitch supports appears in your WooCommerce checkout. Enabling one is a PaymentHood dashboard setting — nothing changes on the WordPress side.

Cards

Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards

Bank APIs

Capitec Pay, Absa Pay and Nedbank Direct EFT

Manual EFT

Reference-matched bank transfer for customers who prefer it

Mobile wallets

Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay

DebiCheck

Authenticated recurring debit orders

Buy now, pay later

Deferred-payment options at checkout

Setup

Connect Stitch to WooCommerce

Four steps, no code. The full walkthrough with screenshots is in the WooCommerce installation guide.

1

Open a Stitch account

Register with Stitch and finish their onboarding. Funds settle from Stitch to your own bank account.

2

Add it in PaymentHood

Paste your Stitch credentials into the PaymentHood dashboard. They stay server-side and never reach your storefront.

3

Install the plugin

Download the WooCommerce plugin and install it from Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in your WordPress admin.

4

Enable and test

Paste your PaymentHood API key into the plugin settings, run a sandbox order end to end, then switch to live.

Full WooCommerce installation guide
Why PaymentHood

Rather than a direct Stitch plugin

A single-provider plugin works until you need a second provider. These are the parts you would otherwise build and maintain yourself.

Webhook security
Signed event callback, validated before the order is released
Payment verification
Server-side payment status re-check against Stitch before fulfilment
Credentials
OAuth client credentials, held server-side in PaymentHood
  • Add a second provider without touching your WooCommerce checkout
  • Automatic failover when Stitch is unreachable, instead of a failed order
  • Idempotent charge creation, so a double-submitted order is not a double charge
  • One reconciliation view across every provider you run
  • Free and open source — read the plugin on GitHub
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Stitch connects directly to South African bank APIs, so a customer can pay from inside their own bank's authentication flow — Capitec Pay, Absa Pay or Nedbank Direct EFT — rather than entering card details. Bank-native rails typically authorise at a higher rate than cards in South Africa, which is the practical reason to offer them.

Two reasons. First, you keep the option of adding or swapping providers later without rebuilding your checkout. Second, PaymentHood handles the parts every direct integration has to rebuild anyway — idempotency, webhook signature verification, server-side re-verification and failover. If you will only ever use Stitch, a direct integration is a reasonable choice.

Stitch supports DebiCheck authenticated debit orders for recurring collection. Whether that fits your billing model depends on your product — check with Stitch before committing to it.

South African Rand (ZAR). For cross-border currencies, add a second provider in your PaymentHood dashboard and route by currency; your checkout integration does not change.

No. Stitch bills you directly. PaymentHood takes no percentage and no per-transaction cut — see PaymentHood pricing.
Related

Keep reading

Stitch overview

Coverage, currencies, payment methods and how PaymentHood secures the Stitch integration.

Read more

PaymentHood for WooCommerce

The plugin itself: features, billing models and every provider it can reach.

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All payment providers

Every provider PaymentHood connects to, filterable by global, regional and crypto.

Browse providers

Accept Stitch on WooCommerce today

Free plugin, no PaymentHood transaction fee, and room to add another provider whenever you need one.

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